Should yoga therapy go the Western way?

The West uses asanas as a therapy for physical wellness, but Indians look at yoga as one of the nine Darsanas or schools of philosophy.Why must Indians adjust their time-tested system because of......

The village that hasn't forgotten Tukaram Omble

Mayura Janwalkar travels to Kedambe, a tiny village in Maharashtra's Satara district, now better known as 26/11 hero Tukaram Omble's home.An excerpt from 26/11 Stories Of Strength by The Indian......

The 'spiritual desolation' of Saint Teresa

What is strange, for someone who spent a lifetime in seva, is that St Teresa's own personal journals and communication with the Church hierarchy reveal someone in “spiritual desolation", says......

The short shelf life of today's editors

'The sacking of Outlook magazine's Editor-in-Chief Krishna Prasad provides another example of the saffron camp's disrespect for dissent,' argues Amulya Ganguli.   In a speech at the time of......

It will be advantage borrowers from April 1

  Banks to compute lending rates under new rules  To force lenders effectively pass on policy rate cuts, the Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said from April 1, 2016, banks must review......

6 newspapers join forces to get an edge in war for ads

In what could be an attempt at taking on Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd, the country’s largest publisher and owner of newspapers like The Times of India and The Economic Times, six rival......

Govt guidelines for publishing foreign magazines

The government on Thursday issued guidelines for publication of local editions of foreign magazines by Indian publishers in the news and current affairs arena. A decision to ease restrictions on......

Murdoch may sell stake in Indian JVs

Media conglomerate NewsCorp may look at divesting stake in some of its businesses in India, said Chairman Rupert Murdoch. The world's 109th richest man, worth $8.3 billion according to the Forbes......

How the Detective Byomkesh Bakshy poster was made

How does one make Sushant Singh Rajput jump over Kolkata's Howrah Bridge so vividly? Bidhan Baidya of Grinning Tree shows us exactly how it's done, in his sketches below: Beautiful, isn't it?......

Sherlock Holmes and the tragedy of Feluda

The contrast in the fates of Arthur Conan Doyle's and Satyajit Ray's super sleuths is a study in despair, says Sumit Bhattacharya.Sherlock Holmes is an Internet phenomenon-- thanks to a blog Dr......